Table 1.
Description of the population
| Characteristic | Overall (N=162) |
White (N=37) |
Black (N=125) |
p |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 58.9 (12.3) | 65.3 (12.3) | 57.1 (11.7) | <0.001 |
| Male | 85 (52.5%) | 20 (54.1%) | 65 (52.0%) | 0.826 |
| Black Race | 125 (77.2%) | - | - | - |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 28.9 (24.8, 34.7) |
26.4 (22.9, 33.3) |
30.0 (25.7, 34.9) |
0.05* |
| Married | 68 (42.0%) | 23 (62.2%) | 45 (36.0%) | 0.005 |
| Private Health Insurance | 92 (56.8%) | 23 (62.2%) | 69 (55.2%) | 0.453 |
| Socioeconomic status middle class or greater (4 missing) |
95 (60.1%) | 28 (77.8%) | 67 (54.9%) | 0.014 |
| Current Smoker | 43 (26.5%) | 4 (10.8%) | 39 (31.2%) | 0.014 |
| Cocaine Use (2 missing) | 25 (15.6%) | 2 (5.6%) | 23 (18.6%) | 0.059† |
| Hypertension (3 missing) | 135 (84.9%) | 24 (66.7%) | 111 (90.2%) | 0.001 |
| Systolic blood pressure | 179.9 (34.8) | 160.9 (28.6) | 185.5 (34.6) | <0.001 |
| Diastolic blood pressure | 99.8 (23.6) | 92.4 (20.6) | 102.0 (24.0) | 0.029 |
| Mean arterial pressure | 126.5 (25.8) | 115.2 (21.6) | 129.8 (26.0) | 0.002 |
| National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale |
6 (3, 13) | 6 (3, 13) | 6 (3, 12) | 0.590* |
| ICH volume in cc (5 missing) | 7.5 (3.2, 20.2) |
11.4 (3.6, 29.5) |
7.2 (3.1, 16.7) |
0.212* |
| On any antihypertensive medication | 88 (55.0%) | 14 (37.8%) | 74 (60.2%) | 0.017 |
| Number of classes of blood pressure medication |
1.2 (1.4) | 0.8 (1.1) | 1.3 (1.4) | 0.066 |
*
Wilcoxon
†
Fisher’s exact
Continuous variables presented as mean (standard deviation) or median (inter-quartile range)